Causes of the Revolution

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River

• Forbade colonists from trading with the British

What is a boycott?

• A violent protest

• A written request

• Refusal to buy or use goods and service

• A product the British made better than anyone else

What does it mean to repeal something?

• Approve

• Cancel

• Extend

• Fight

What was the famous slogan colonists used to portray their unhappiness with Parliament?

• It's My Money and I want It Now!

• No Way Without a Say!

• No Taxation Without Representation

• The British are Coming!

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A patriot group formed to protest British taxes

• A covert military group during the Revolution

• A militia outfit

• Women who wrote to newspapers anonymously

What did the Stamp Act do?

• This was not an actual law that was passed

• Taxed paper documents by requiring an official stamp be placed on them t be legal

• Taxed paper documents not produced in Britain

• Required farmers to "stamp", or label, their livestock and equipment

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?

• the Stamp Act

• the Quartering Act

• the Coercive Acts

• the Proclamation of 1763

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

• the Boston Massacre

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Quartering Act

• the Stamp Act

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
• It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
• It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
• It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.

What was the Boston Massacre?

• It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

• It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

• It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

• It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.